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Evaluation of alveolar socket response to Angelus MTA and experimental light-cure MTA
João Eduardo Gomes-Filho1, Mariana Teixeira de Moraes Costa, Luciano Tavares Ângelo Cintra
1Department of Endodontics, Araçatuba School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, Brazil. joao@foa.unesp.br
Objective:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the rat alveolar socket response to implanted polyethylene tubes filled with a light-cured MTA or Angelus MTA.
Study Design:
Fifty-seven Wistar rats received an implant filled with one of the materials in the dental socket of the right central incisor. After 30, 60, and 90 days, animals were killed, and the right hemimaxillas were removed and processed to be analyzed on light microscopy. After embedding in paraffin, 6-μm-thick sections were obtained and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the reaction were performed.
Results:
It was observed that the light-cured MTA presented a similar response compared with Angelus MTA, characterized by the reduction of the chronic inflammatory response and organization of the alveolar bone close to the materials, especially at the 90th day of observation.
Conclusions:
It was concluded that both materials were well accepted by the alveolar tissue of rats, with the formation of mineralized tissue close to the materials.
